Sonichaos Aeon - Chocolat Mexicain: An Extraordinary Tale of Heroinism cdr

The last Sonichaos Aeon release (in the liner notes there was supposed to be more coming, but it seems that this never came to fruition) has nothing to do with metal anymore (even with metal in Sonichaos Aeon's twisted sense). There's a cinematic-noir-style intro with a guy talking over Salah Ragab's "Ramadan In Space Time," giving the notion that there is a concept behind related to drugs, followed by two tracks of hard-hitting Detroit-style techno with elements of trance, which are more accomplished than their earlier electronic tracks. The final track is a surprising club techno cover of Manowar's "Fighting The World," that needs to be heard to be believed. 2006 self-released cdr.

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Sonichaos Aeon - Symposium Lex O' Tanil tape

 

The next Sonichaos Aeon takes all the black metal and electronic elements of the previous demo and combine them with a lot of expired psychedelic narcotics to create a severely damaged trip. First four tracks alternate between fucked up black metal/industrial acting as a primitive version of Dodheimsgard (even the vocals are reminiscent of Aldrahn's) and unsettling beat-driven tranced-out dark electronica, as if the black metal tracks had been removed from Mysticum's In the Streams of Inferno. This is followed by two super-distorted tracks of garage/rock 'n' roll, and ending by two electronic remixes of "Satan Am I" from Hellel Benshahamar. The last one is pretty hilarious; it's a cheap club trance remix based on Spanish-sung distorted vocals and flamenco melodies. This is super fun but darkly toxic at the same time. 2002 self-released tape.

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Sonichaos Aeon - Hellel Benshahamar tape

 

Sonichaos Aeon was a weird Greek band playing a mix of black metal and industrial/electronica, but with a satirical bend. The tape starts with the music from John Carpenter's Children of The Corn (thinking this is an Asphyx record) and their black metal side sounds like a primitive, low-level playing skill Hellhammer-ish and rock-'n'-roll-ish distorted mess with alternating shouted and high-pitched damaged vocals filled with delay that almost always end with some sort of mocking black metal seriousness, whether that is crowd applause or Spanish singing over Middle-Eastern scales. The electronic track here is kinda similar to the late-1990s black metal bands' take on industrial, accompanied by discordant guitars and the like. It's not that it's something innovative, but their delivery and mocking mood makes it something nice to hear. As a bonus, there are three more tracks coming from earlier demos, which were included in a compilation cd called Heavy Metal Antichrist, that sound like a cripple man's attempt to play Ved Buens Ende or Dodheimsgard; the last of the three, "Haunted," is a industrial noise ritual cover of the track by Old Funeral, the first band of Abbath and Varg Vikernes. 1999 self-released tape.

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Pjorn(o)72

Yet another comp by the great label Pjorn 72, featuring the vastness of Culver's drones, psychedelic electronic house by Legion (totally unlike the track they made on Doing the Right Thing Takes the Emptiness Away comp), a really calming and uplifting acoustic guitar track by Fordell Research Unit, abstract electronics by Twocsinak, two synth gems by Midwich, funny percussive Casio synthy music by Button One, an oscillating stretched drone by Wounded Knee, heavy bass drone by Subvs.Loop, screechy rhythms by Tartan Trolley, office muzak by The Maniac Upstairs (who is getting his rifle to kill his colleagues at the office downstairs), music for kids science documentaries on a sequencer by Pop.1280, glitch by O'er The Moon, and drone pop by Milklemonadechocolate. 2006 cdr on Pjorn 72.

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